Friday, July 15, 2016

Bonn, Near the Rhine

Today I walked in the neighborhood of our hotel in Bonn, the Maritim. Although Bonn is no longer the German capitol, there are quiet many major government offices in the neighborhood.

Not far from the back door of the Maritim is the Robert-Schumann-Platz, a big plaza honoring not the 19th C composer but rather the German politician who was an architect of the European Union. The symbolic purpose of the stone sphere is unclear.